All Le Mans on Deck: Mélanie Laurent Revs Up “La grande odalisque”

With a half dozen feature films under her belt in just under a decade, Mélanie Laurent will be moving into the fast lane with her next project. As usual, we only have breadcrumb details to work with, but the actress-turned filmmaker is set to move into her seventh feature film next month with one portion of the film being shot on the famed Le Mans circuit.

Titled La grande odalisque and written by Chris Deslandes (with whom Laurent has worked with on The Adopted (2011), Diving (2017) and The Mad Women’s Ball (2021), this is a Gaumont project. We haven’t had any updates on The Nightingale since it was paused, but we imagine this new project is an in-between outing. Look for casting news to be announced possibly during Venice and Toronto.